The bible and decisions
The bible is the project's shared memory: what is decided, what is open, what was proposed, what the film draws on and what you've learned. It keeps a long project consistent, for you, your co-writers and your AI assistant.
What goes in it
| Canon | Decided facts about world, plot, characters and look. |
|---|---|
| Questions | Open decisions, with options and a recommendation. |
| Proposals | Offers from co-writers or your assistant, with their reasons. |
| Decisions | The record of a choice: what it answered, the canon it set and what needs updating because of it. |
| References | Films, books, real events, images and clips, and what they teach for your material. |
| Principles | Craft rules and working rules, each with a question to check against. |
| Ideas | A parking lot: not decided, not discarded. |
| Findings | Honest assessments of a draft. |
Every item has a label (C-12, Q-3, P-19…) that you and your assistant can cite.
Decisions
Canon only changes through decisions. Accept, reject or park a proposal, or answer a question, on the item or in the queue (Waiting on you). A decision can set new canon, replace old canon and list what needs updating, which you tick off as you go.
Your assistant never decides on its own. It may record a decision only with your words quoted, and by default such a decision waits for your confirmation. Managers decide; a project can let editors decide too.
Tracks and derived documents
Tracks group documents: the film, a strand, the novel, a translation. A document made from another one (a translation, an adaptation, a treatment from the script) remembers its source, scene by scene. When the source changes, the derived document shows which parts are out of date.